terminally ill

idiom

: having a disease that cannot be cured and will cause death

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Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar Stumbling through his days as a hospital actor, Cyrus Shams travels to the Brooklyn Museum, where a terminally ill artist has put herself on display for her final exhibit. Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024 Under the new proposals, terminally ill individuals who are expected to die within six months and can demonstrate the mental capacity to make an informed choice can begin the process of ending their own lives by seeking the approval of two independent medical doctors seven days apart. Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 Programs include residential and community-based behavioral health services, therapeutic foster care and adoption services, supportive services for homeless young adults, and long-term care for medically complex or terminally ill children. Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 20 Nov. 2024 Adapted from the novel of the same title by Liu Xiuwen, the drama centers around a successful young woman who lives in the city with her abusive fiance and a lonely terminally ill man running a noodle shop in Wuhan. Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for terminally ill 

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“Terminally ill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terminally%20ill. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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